Swiss International Air Lines touches down in Cork
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has commenced a new weekly service to Geneva from Cork Airport this winter.
This new route will operate on Sundays from Dec 19, 2021, to Mar 6, 2022.
Pictured at the arrival of the inaugural flight from Geneva to Cork...
A Christmas Message From Dublin Airport
With Christmas season well and truly upon us, Dublin Airport expects to be much busier this year than last year, with an average of 45,000 passengers travelling through its terminals each day. This compares with an average of 12,000 daily passengers in 2020.
The busiest...
Madrid best for meetings & conferences at World Travel Awards
The Spanish capital Madrid has been named World’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination at the World Travel Awards.
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This award recognises the commitment of Madrid’s tourism industry and City Council to maintaining the sector’s activity while ensuring the same standard of quality and professionalism and...
Ryanair puts on 4,000 extra seats for Cheltenham
Ryanair has today (17 December) added an extra 4,000 seats to the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival, operating flights from Dublin, Cork & Shannon to Birmingham and Bristol for the highly-awaited 2022 festival.
With Irish horses, jockeys & trainers dominating the winning ring last year, Ryanair...
PATA UK and Ireland raises over £5,000 for charity
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) raised a record of £5,500 for charity at this year's Christmas Lunch.
Usually a much larger event, the lunch was scaled back with Covid precautions in place but a huge amount of money was raised for the Charitable Travel Fund.
Charitable...
Ryanair opens aircraft maintenance facility in Spain
Ryanair has opened its newly expanded maintenance facility at Seville Airport.
The Seville Line Maintenance station will maintain a large portion of Ryanair’s fleet of aircraft.
Ryanair has invested over €30 million in the facility since it first opened in 2019. This addition will create over...
Czech out the new online agent training platform
Czech Tourism has launched a new online training platform for agents looking to broaden their knowledge of the country's tourism offering.
Six Modules
The training academy features six modules: Welcome to the Czech Republic; Spa and Wellness; Culture and Gastronomy; LGBT; MICE; and Cities: Gateways to...
‘A truly special aircraft’: Emirates takes delivery of its last A380
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Emirates has taken delivery of its 123rd Airbus A380 superjumbo jet. The aircraft, registered as A6-EVS, is also the final new A380 aircraft to join Emirates’ fleet.
A 21-year relationship
Emirates was the first airline to announce an order for the A380 at the 2000 Farnborough Air...
Air France-KLM orders 100 eco-friendly planes
Air France-KLM has ordered 100 Airbus A320neo family aircraft - with purchase rights for an additional 60 aircraft - for KLM and Transavia, and has signed an LOI for the purchase of four Airbus A350F Full Freighter aircraft for Air France.
The order covers Airbus...
Algarve named world’s leading beach destination at World Travel Awards
The Algarve has once again won ‘World’s Leading Beach Destination for 2021’ at the World Travel Awards.
João Fernandes, President of Algarve Tourism says: “We never take these awards for granted and it means a lot to us to win this award again, when there...
Your Scandinavian Partner releases new itineraries
FIT & Group specialists Your Scandinavian Partner DMC has released its sample itineraries and prices for 2022.
Represented by Alan Sparling's ASM Ireland, Your Scandinavian Partner DMC provides bespoke FIT & Group itineraries for Scandinavia & Finland.
"Scandinavia & Finland, commonly known as the Nordic countries,...
Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines to start regional routes from St Patrick’s Day 2022
Flights have gone on sale today for the relaunch of Aer Lingus regional routes, which will be operated by Emerald Airlines from 17 March, 2022 - a full 10 months ahead of the original schedule.
Emerald Airlines will operate over 340 flights per week...
Icelandic airline PLAY to offer transatlantic flights
PLAY will soon offer transatlantic travel to Irish travellers with flights from Dublin to America.
Flights to Boston and Baltimore/Washington will take off from spring 2022.
PLAY will operate services from Dublin to Baltimore/Washington on 28 April and to Boston on 14 May.
To celebrate the launch,...
Travelling to Ireland this Christmas: What you need to know
With Omicron threatening to dampen Christmas cheer, the rules on international arrivals have been beefed up.
“We want you to come home, but we want you to come home safely,” Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora Colm Brophy said on radio.
So what...
Royal Caribbean’s new sales incentives
Today (16 December), Royal Caribbean International launched new sales incentives to kick off its key annual sales period.
The sales campaign predominately focuses on driving bookings made on the cruise line’s eight ships that will be sailing breath-taking itineraries in Europe in summer 2022.
Guests can...
ITB Berlin cancels in person conference for 2022
ITB Berlin 2022 will not take place in person next year.
Due to current Covid restrictions, the show will focus on a virtual convention instead.
Depending on circumstances there may be in-person ITB Berlin satellite events during the year.
Martin Ecknig, chief executive of Messe Berlin explains...
UK holidaymakers set to be banned from France
France is set to ban all leisure travel from the UK from Saturday (18 December) over fears around the spread of the Omicron variant.
Only French citizens returning from the UK or British citizens resident in France will be allowed in. All other UK citizens...
Emirates restores full capacity to Brisbane
In a telltale sign of Australia's gradual reopening, Emirates is increasing its capacity on flights from Dubai to Brisbane commencing today (16 December), in line with the easing of local government restrictions on international travel after the state achieved its target to reach a...
British Airways and Qatar Airways to extend Joint Business
Today (16 December) British Airways and Qatar Airways mark the next milestone in their Joint Business Partnership, as they announce their intent to extend their Joint Business.
The news follows British Airways’ relaunch of daily services to Doha, with the airline’s first flight taking off...
NCL first to homeport in Panama
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) announced today (15 December) that it has become the first cruise line to seasonally homeport in Panama City, Panama, offering roundtrip Panama Canal voyages beginning 20 March 2022 with Norwegian Jewel.
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. signed a multi-year agreement with the...
